Chapter 5 of Plays : Fifth Series is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of Plays : Fifth Series is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BUILDER. Good reasons? I should think so! I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family. JOURNALIST.
Chapter 5 of Plays : Fifth Series is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading “I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.”
a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
From this reading “BUILDER.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.”
a social unit living together
From this reading “I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.”
a writer for newspapers and magazines
From this reading “JOURNALIST.”
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading “I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.”
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
From this reading “I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.”
plural of “reason” — a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading “Good reasons?”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
From this reading BUILDER.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
a social unit living together
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Good reasons?
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I should think so!
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From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
a writer for newspapers and magazines
From this reading JOURNALIST.
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
plural of “reason” — a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading Good reasons?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I should think so!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I should think so!
express in words
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
in or at that place or location
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I should think so!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
precisely as stated
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I tell you--a very little more of this liberty--licence I call it--and there isn't a man who'll be able to call himself head of a family.
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